Biden Picks Women And People Of Color For His Economics And Communications Teams

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🗓️ 30 November 2020

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

With the American economy on uneven footing as coronavirus cases surge nationwide, President-elect Joe Biden formally announced top members of his incoming economic team on Monday. Plus, the Biden team announced his communications team would be led by seven women.

This episode: political correspondent Asma Khalid, chief economics correspondent Scott Horsley, national political correspondent Mara Liasson, and political correspondent Scott Detrow.

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0:00.0	Hey there, before we start the show, we have some news.
0:02.7	We're hosting a virtual live show next Thursday, December 3rd at 8 p.m. Eastern.
0:08.5	We're calling it politics after dark.
0:11.2	That means we'll talk about the news, of course, but we'll also give you a behind
0:15.0	the scenes look at what it's been like to cover the selection during the pandemic.
0:19.2	And we'll quiz you on your political knowledge too.
0:21.9	We've really missed doing live shows.
0:23.5	So we hope you'll join us head to mprpresents.org to RSVP.
0:27.6	Hi, this is Sucreety and this is on a route from Lebanon, New Hampshire.
0:32.5	We are currently working on our home gym while thinking of the apple pie upstairs.
0:38.4	This podcast was recorded at 208 p.m. Eastern time on Monday, November 30th.
0:45.3	Things might have changed by the time you hear this, including the fate of the apple pie upstairs.
0:50.6	Here's the show.
0:51.4	That sounds like a great way to spend post Thanksgiving.
0:59.6	Sounds pretty good to me.
1:01.0	I finished my pie Sunday.
1:02.8	Hey there. It's the NPR politics podcast.
1:05.0	I must my college.
1:06.0	I'm covering the Biden transition.
1:07.8	I'm Scott Horsley, NPR's chief economics correspondent and I'm Mara Lias and
1:11.6	national political correspondent.
1:13.2	And I hope you all had a relaxing Thanksgiving weekend.
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